When the StumpJump 50k started nine years ago, about 10 people showed up to run through the woods for hours. Fifty kilometers are just over 31 miles, and the trail aspect adds to the difficulty.

Russ Carmichael of Riceville, Tenn., caught this 22-inche redfish while fly fishing in McClellanville, S.C. Send your ³big fish² picture to Jim Tanner at 400 E. 11th St., Chattanooga, TN 37403, or e-mail it to jtanner@timesfreepress.com. Please include your daytime phone number, the weight and type of fish, when and where you caught it and where you live in the area.

This bear was shot on Lookout Mountain...

The Nantahala River currently has no flow.

Tony Schlaeger of Charleston, Tenn., caught this 4 1/2 pound, 24-inch walleye in August while fishing on Oak Lake in western Ontario, Canada. It was Schlaeger’s first fly-fishing trip ever. Send your “big fish” picture to Jim Tanner at 400 E. 11th St., Chattanooga, TN 37403, or e-mail it to jtanner@timesfreepress.com. Please include your daytime phone number, the weight and type of fish, when and where you caught it and where you live in the area.

It takes a certain breed to race vintage cars worth hundreds of thousands of dollars through 2,000 miles of rough Mexican roadway, but Chattanoogan Byron DeFoor fits the bill.

St. Louis Cardinals rookie pitcher Mitchell Boggs of Dalton, Ga., left, and teammate, pitcher Adam Wainwright, show off a trout Boggs caught while fishing outside Denver on an off day before a series against the Colorado Rockies. Send your “big fish” picture to Jim Tanner at 400 E. 11th St., Chattanooga, TN 37403, or e-mail it to jtanner@timesfreepress.com. Please include your daytime phone number, the weight and type of fish, when and where you caught it and where you live in the area.

LAFOLLETTE, Tenn. -- Cleveland's Jeff Moses has a future stepson to thank for his selection among five hunters participating this week in Tennessee's first elk hunt in more than a century.

Coco Dauer caught three Tennessee Angler Recognition Program-award crappie -- more than 14 inches long -- including the one pictured, which was 15 7/8 inches.

As the chosen five get ready for Tennessee’s inaugural elk hunt Oct. 19-23 in the North Cumberland Wildlife Management Area near the Kentucky border, Great Smoky Mountains National Park staffers are evaluating data from their own elk herd.

Nicholas Jessen of Signal Mountain caught this silver/coho salmon on the Coghill River near Prince William Sound on a fishing trip to Alaska at the end of August. Send your “big fish” picture to Jim Tanner at 400 E. 11th St., Chattanooga, TN 37403, or e-mail it to jtanner@timesfreepress.com. Please include your daytime phone number, the weight and type of fish, when and where you caught it and where you live in the area.

You can call him superhuman or insane, but Dean Karnazes' commitment to long-distance running is a clarion call to couch potatoes everywhere.

Rusty Scott, left, caught this largemouth bass with the help of his fishing mentor Crockett Cobble while fishing off a dock at Privateer Yacht Club on Chickamauga Lake at a McCallie Class of ¹76 gathering. Send your "big fish" picture to Jim Tanner at 400 E. 11th St., Chattanooga, TN 37403, or e-mail it to jtanner@timesfreepress.com. Please include your daytime phone number, the weight and type of fish, when and where you caught it and where you live in the area.

When Michelle Blair sees her tiny 6-year-old daughter climb onto the back of a 2,000-pound Clydesdale, it makes her proud. Briar Rose Blair has ADHD, and when she rides the big draft horse, she’s forced to stay calm and focus on what she’s doing.

Buddy and Janie Bridges of Chattanooga caught this 12 1/2-pound red snapper while deep sea fishing off the coast of Panama City Beach, Fla. Send your big fish picture to Jim Tanner at 400 E. 11th St., Chattanooga, TN 37403, or e-mail it to jtanner@timesfreepress.com. Please include your daytime phone number, the weight and type of fish, when and where you caught it and where you live in the area.